Vapour Pressure of Liquid Solutions

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Vapour Pressure of Liquid Solutions: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Vapour Pressure, Variation of Vapour Pressure with Temperature, Partial Vapour Pressure, Saturated Vapour Pressure, Boiling Point, Standard Boiling Point & Freezing Point etc.

Important Questions on Vapour Pressure of Liquid Solutions

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Assertion: When NaCl is added to water a depression in the freezing point is observed.
Reason: The lowering of the vapour pressure of a solution causes depression in the freezing point.

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Which of the following solutions does not  show positive deviation? 

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A person living in Shimla observed that cooking food without using pressure cooker takes more time. The reason is that at high altitude ________

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The plot of total vapour pressure as a function of mole fraction of the components of an ideal solution formed by mixing liquids X and Y is

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What is the correct increasing order of vapour pressure of water, acetone and ether at a temperature of 30ºC? Given that among these compounds, water has maximum boiling point and ether has minimum boiling point.

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The vapour pressure of water at 293 K is 17.74 mm of Hg.

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Which of the following will ensure that pressure of vapour above liquid will not change?

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At 273 K and one atm, 'a' litre of N2O4 decomposes to NO2 as: N2O4g2NO2g. To what extent has the decomposition proceeded when the original volume is 25% less than that of existing volume?
[Report your answer in two significant figures.]

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The vapour pressure of water at T (K) is 20 mm Hg. The following solutions are prepared at T (K)
I. 6 g of urea (molecular weight = 60) is dissolved in 178.2 g of water.
II. 0.01 mol of glucose is dissolved in 179.82 g of water.
III. 5.3 g of Na2CO3 (molecular weight = 106) is dissolved in 179.1 g of water.
Identify the correct order in which the vapour pressure of solutions increases

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Vapour pressure of a liquid increases with

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A person living at high altitude region observed that cooking food without using pressure cooker takes more time. The reason for this observation is that

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Which of the following statements is correct?

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The pair of boiling point and compound are given as,

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Which will show lowest vapour pressure at room temperature?

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At a constant temperature, which of the following aqueous solutions will have the maximum vapour pressure?

Mol. weight:NaCl=58.5, H2SO4=98.0 gram. mol-1

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Statement - 1: Only temperature can change the vapour pressure of a pure liquid.

Statement - 2: Equilibrium constant does not change unless temperature is changed.

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A liquid is kept in a closed vessel. If a glass plate of negligible mass with small hole is kept on top of the liquid surface, then vapour pressure of the liquid in the vessel is:

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Which one of the statements given below-concerning properties of solutions, describes a colligative effect?

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The vapour pressure of a liquid in a closed container depends upon

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On a humid day in summer, the mole fraction of gaseous a H2O (water vapour) in the air at 25C  can be as high as 0.0287. Assuming a total pressure of 0.977 atm. What is the partial pressure of dry air?

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Out of the compounds below, the vapour pressure of (B) at a particular temperature is:

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Using the following information determine the boiling point of a mixture contains 1560 g benzene and 1125 g chlorobenzene, when the external pressure is 1000 torr. Assume the solution is ideal.
Given, Molar mass of benzene = 78

Molar mass of chlorobenzene = 112.5
 

Temperature
(0oC)
Vapour pressure of benzene
(torr)
Vapour pressure of chlorobenznee (torr)
      80              750               120
      90             1000               200
     100             1350               300
     110             1800               400
     120             2200               540